A new report is alleging widespread influence across Canadian academia, civil service and charities by radical Islamist movements.

Released on August 24 by ISGAP (The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy), the report, “Assault on democratic values and principles: How Islamist entryism weakens civil society and higher education in Canada” found that fundamentalist Islamic entities inside Canada have achieved significant progress in promoting extremist Islamic ideology and have been met with only minimal pushback as a result.

The increasing role in hardline Islamic and anti-Israel groups in Canadian civic, political and educational realms is no accident, but part of a century-long plan by the Muslim Brotherhood, a fanatical Islamic movement founded in 1928 in Egypt, to infiltrate the Western world, Canada included.

The study pays particular attention to Qatar, the tiny oil-rich kingdom which hosts Hamas’ senior leadership, and which plays a key role as a major investor in Canadian academia. Qatar’s monarchy, as pointed out in the study, has made exporting radical Muslim Brotherhood ideology “a cornerstone” of its foreign policy.

Yet virtually no scrutiny has been paid to Qatar’s nefarious role within Canada, and in higher education, the report points out that foreign funding is “largely unreported,” meaning that sources of financial support to universities and colleges from regimes like Qatar are hidden from scrutiny.

The report also noted the role of Islamic charities in Canada, noting specifically the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC), and writing that in its audit, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) had “identified concerns relating to foreign political activity, organizational alignment with the Muslim Brotherhood’s global network, support for entities connected to terrorism, and financial irregularities.” The MAC remains a registered Canadian charity and it rejects the CRA audit findings.

The risks of radical Islamic infiltration of Canadian civic society are not insignificant, nor are they overstated. As the report chronicles, there are advanced efforts meant to stifle criticism of pro-Palestinian advocacy under the guise of “anti-Palestinian racism,” and hardline Islamist-linked movements (some of which are alleged to have links to Islamic terrorist groups) continue to operate, sometimes even as charitable organizations, meaning that Canadian taxpayers could be effectively subsidizing terrorism.

ISGAP recommends a number of steps be taken by the Canadian government, including designating part of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, disclosing foreign funding of Canadian universities and creating more oversight of Islamic charities suspected of ideological adherence to radical Islam.

These findings are as scandalous as they are exhaustively documented. And yet the Canadian news media has overwhelmingly ignored them, despite the harrowing implications found in the study.

Notably, when a non-governmental organization levels allegations against Israel (such as “genocide” or “famine,” both of which have been widely debunked, these claims are often widely (and entirely uncritically) amplified in many corners of the Canadian news media.

However, when studies find a substantial and growing role of fundamentalist-aligned movements in Canada, the country’s taxpayer-subsidized news media has overwhelmingly lost its interest in reporting on the threats to Canadians.

What will it take for the Canadian news media to finally hold the powerful accountable, and inform Canadians when a dangerous ideology is not simply allowed to proliferate, but do so in the most influential halls of power inside the country?